Indeed Seelos might have viewed his hemorrhage as a blessing, as his weakened constitution lead to assignment as superior, pastor and novice master of St. Mary’s in Annapolis, Maryland. The community is large, but the pressure of work is minimal compared to that of St. Alphonsus parish. He says in a letter to his friend, Fr. Joseph Wissel, “What luck and grace! O happy sickness that needed and obtained such a cure!”